Reaction to quashing of three UDR murder convictions

Title

Reaction to quashing of three UDR murder convictions

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Jul 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:23

Description

Jeremy Mitchell reporting on yesterday’s quashing of the convictions against three former UDR soldiers, James Hegan, Noel Bell and Winston Allen for the 1983 murder of Catholic, Adrian Caroll, and the losing of the appeal by a fourth, Neil Latimer. Includes reaction on the verdict by the freed men, Latimer’s mother Joan and Ulster Unionist MP, Ken Maginnis. Michael Ritchie of the Committee on the Administration of Justice and Father Denis Faul on possible prosecutions against police in this and other cases.

Contributors

Ken Maginnis; Denis Faul; Jeremy Mitchell; James Hegan; Noel Bell; Winston Allen; Joan Latimer; Michael Ritchie

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Homicide; Sentencing; UDR; Appeals; Verdicts; Adrian Caroll; James Hegan; Noel Bell; Winston Allen; Neil Latimer

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